Monday, June 15, 2009

Duch speaks on Buddhist persecutions

Former Khmer Rouge jailer Kaing Guek Eav told the ECCC Judges Wednesday that the regime's party line forced Buddhist monks to disrobe or otherwise be killed as part of a plan to slowly dismantle the national religion.  

 "Pol Pot opposed all religions as a general principle ... [But] they never sent anyone to [my] office because of their belief in religion." 

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